London LUX Salon Thursday 3 April 2008, 7pm for 7.30pm start
THE PARENTS PROGRAMME
Works from the LUX collection in which artists' parents feature as subjectsand participants, willing and unwilling.
Anthea Kennedy's BAG OF A THOUSANDPOCKETS (2002) is a touching portrait of her father who's memory fails himas he remembers a long and eventful life.
Carl Callam's A PART OF ME (1998)explores the complexities of his life as a black man raised by a whitefoster parents through discussions with his foster mother and ever absentbiological mother.
Neil Goldberg's MY PARENTS READ DREAMS ABOUT THEM(1998) is as the title describes, Goldberg's parents read his comical andsurreal dreams, visibly affected by what they reveal about his relationshipwith them.
Marcin Koszalka's SUCH A NICE BOY I GAVE BIRTH TO (1999) is a painful and hilarious portrait of a family in meltdown as thefilmmaker's bohemian lifestyle violently clashes with his mother'sexpectations.
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